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No basis to FOI amendment, says campaign group
Constituency correspondence is not at risk from the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, according to an FOI pressure group. A privacy law expert also accused MPs today of failing to define what it is that they want to hide.
24/05/2007
Europe mulls anti-ID theft law
The European Commission is considering new legislation against identity theft. The proposal is contained in a just-published policy on EU-wide plans to fight cybercrime.
24/05/2007
Hotels.com sued over disabled access to rooms
A major online travel company is being sued because it does not allow disabled bookers to search for or book wheelchair-accessible hotel rooms. The Californian lawsuit seeks to force Hotels.com to change its behaviour but does not seek any damages.
23/05/2007
Wi-Fi radiation scare based on levels 600 times below Government limits
Wi-Fi networks came under attack last night from a BBC investigation that claimed that radio frequency (RF) radiation levels from Wi-Fi networks in schools are up to three times those of a mobile phone mast.
22/05/2007
Cross-border disputes law achieves EU consensus by ditching defamation
The wording of a new European law controlling where cross-border disputes can be heard has been agreed by two warring EU government bodies, but only after the most controversial part of the new law, known as Rome II, was set to one side.
21/05/2007
Google thumbnails are fair use, says Court of Appeals
A US court ruled this week that Google's creation and display of thumbnail images does not infringe copyright. It also said that Google was not responsible for the copyright violations of other sites which it frames and links to.
18/05/2007
24/05/2007: We hear from a leading light in the security industry on a planned top-level domain that aims to scupper phishing attacks.
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